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Problem is, the Federal government can't actually do anything anymore.

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ghost of olddude55

In Reply to: RE: Well , there are two EV charging stations in the park nearby posted by Wojciech on November 06, 2024 at 13:20:35

Not since the Reagan Administration hollowed everything out. It has to hire contractors now.
And the contractors main thing is profit, not public service. You hand $7.5 billion to a private company, all you can do is hope it builds the charging stations.
Chances are, the money will go to corporate execs and shareholders first. Whatever's left might be used for a few charging stations.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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It's the problem all developed and semi developed countries face - Wojciech 14:59:51 11/06/24 (2)
Millions in funds are gone before a spade touches the ground to make a hole.
More illustrious are people and their beliefs still. A black lady told me recently that the reason for decaying green spaces around the city of Detroit proper is white supremacy. This, even though black aristocracy is running Detroit affairs and occupying all administrative positions for decades. The wretched white supremacy is responsible for weeds taking over no less

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- She's not too far from wrong. - ghost of olddude55 15:17:47 11/06/24 (1)
  Detroit's problem was created by white flight after the Great Migration. Black people came north to work in Detroit's auto plants; white auto workers didn't want to live in the same neighborhoods and fled to the suburbs.
  When that wasn't far enough away, they built more suburbs and fled there.
  You put that many houses on the market at once, property values crater and so does the city's tax base. From that point on, it no longer matters what racial group runs things. The city is circling the toilet bowl.
  The Tea Party takeover of Michigan's government didn't help.
  
  The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
  - That was how many years ago ? - Wojciech 15:36:23 11/06/24 (0)
    You have a budget to buy European luxury cars. Plenty of Maseratis around ghettos but not a buck to support a few flower beds in your neighborhood? Not to mention millions spent on lottery tickets every week.

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